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by Jason Proe

Manager Tools has published a great 30 minute podcast on how to remember a person’s name. A person’s name is the single most important piece of information you must know in order to establish a meaningful and fruitful business and/or personal relationship. Here are a few tips from the podcast.

1. When you are meeting a person for the first time focus on remembering their name to the exclusion of everything else.
2. Try and use the person’s name three times in the initial conversation.
3. As soon as you can (never in front of the person) write their name down.
4. If you forget a person’s name do not try and get through the whole conversation without saying their name! Instead, apologize for forgetting their name and ASK the person for their name again.

Check out the podcast for a lot more, including example scripts and the psychological rationale behind why these tips work. Let us know what you think in the comments.

Source(s):[Manager Tools]